CVE-2019-16278

9.8 criticalKEVEPSS 99%

Critical (9.8) in Nostromo nhttpd. In CISA KEV since 2024-11-07. EPSS 99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory Traversal in the function http_verify in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via a crafted HTTP request.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CISA KEV: listed 2024-11-07, due 2024-11-28
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2019-10-14
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nazgul:nostromo_nhttpd

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt
https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits
https://sp0re.sh

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